Shows

The Main Menu Team is always on the hunt for Information but Information is an elusive creature requiring some really slick hunting gear. This week Randy and Jenine have that gear though. Randy demonstrates the eltrinex 12 Pro digital recorder, capturing some amazing sounds. Jenine shows you the hot new app Voice Dream Scanner and how it works with your favorite Voice Dream Reader app. You won’t want to miss our adventures!

This week we feature another in the Microsoft Accessibility Webinar series. The Microsoft Team explores changes to the Ribbon in the Office On Line suite that makes it easier to use. Then, look out! Jason has a new phone and he’s got a cool link to give you even more info at https://support.google.com/accessibility/android/answer/9031274?hl=en.

Sizing, colors, magnification and screen reading, you get to learn about all of them from the Accessibility Learning Webinar Series: Magnifier and Low Vision Features in Windows 10. Thanks to our friends at Microsoft we bring you this second in a series of webinars about the many accessibility features within Windows that you might not know about.

This week your Main Menu crew gather around our Oblong tech table to talk skills! You might want to turn off the ears of any nearby digital assistants as we’ll be talking Amazon, Google and even a little Siri this week. Learn just how ACB Radio gets its skills, plus what is new in our tech lives from headphones to field recorders and oh so much more. You have been warned!

Did you miss the Microsoft Accessibility Learning Webinar Narrator 101? Never fear! Main Menu comes to your rescue this week. We bring you the first in a series of webinars from Microsoft about the many features of Narrator. So if you’ve been considering trying it as your Windows screen reader, listen up. Plus we bring you some news from ACB and the world of technology.

Just when you thought 2019 was getting boring, we crank up the volume and bring on the stars! This week Shelly Brisbin joins us under the Main Menu Disco Ball as we talk about her latest book, iOS Access for All. Shelly shares some of her inside knowledge of the electronic publishing world, her career in tech and podcasting along with the wealth of resources contained in her book. To learn more, check out her sample chapter and table of contents, plus much more exciting stuff at http://www.iosaccessbook.com.

2018 is coming to a close and your Main Menu Team is ready to party! Before we do too much of that though, we’re going to take a look back at the significant tech for us in 2018. We might even take a glimpse into the future, complete with flying cars! OK, so the cars won’t fly but you’re in for a fun-filled hour with the entire Main Menu gang and our look back at 2018!